sharp

IPA: ʃˈɑrp

noun

  • (music) The symbol ♯, placed after the name of a note in the key signature or before a note on the staff to indicate that the note is to be played one chromatic semitone higher.
  • (music) A note that is played one chromatic semitone higher than usual; denoted by the name of the note that is followed by the symbol ♯.
  • (music) A note that is sharp in a particular key.
  • (music) The scale having a particular sharp note as its tonic.
  • (usually in the plural) Something that is sharp.
  • (medicine) A hypodermic syringe.
  • (medicine, dated) A scalpel or other edged instrument used in surgery.
  • (psychiatry, healthcare) A sharp object; any item pointed enough to injure human skin.
  • A dishonest person; a cheater.
  • Part of a stream where the water runs very rapidly.
  • A sewing needle with a very slender point, more pointed than a blunt or a between.
  • (in the plural) Fine particles of husk mixed with coarse particle of flour of cereals; middlings.
  • (slang, dated) An expert.
  • A sharpie (member of Australian gangs of the 1960s and 1970s).
  • A surname.
  • A Japanese and Taiwanese multinational corporation that designs and manufactures electronic products, headquartered in Sakai, Japan.
  • An unincorporated community in Ozark County, Missouri, United States.
  • Alternative form of sharpie (“type of fishing boat”) [(colloquial) An alert person.]
  • Acronym of skinhead against racial prejudice.

verb

  • (music) To raise the pitch of a note half a step making a natural note a sharp.
  • To play tricks in bargaining; to act the sharper.
  • (transitive, obsolete) To sharpen.

adjective

  • Terminating in a point or edge, especially one that can cut easily; not dull, obtuse, or rounded.
  • (colloquial) Intelligent.
  • (music) Higher than usual by one semitone (denoted by the symbol ♯ after the name of the note).
  • (music) Higher in pitch than required.
  • Having an intense, acrid flavour.
  • Sudden and intense.
  • (colloquial) Illegal or dishonest.
  • (colloquial) Keenly or unduly attentive to one's own interests; shrewd.
  • Exact, precise, accurate; keen.
  • Offensive, critical, or acrimonious.
  • (colloquial) Stylish or attractive.
  • Observant; alert; acute.
  • Forming a small angle; especially, forming an angle of less than ninety degrees.
  • Steep; precipitous; abrupt.
  • (mathematics, of a statement) Said of as extreme a value as possible.
  • (chess) Tactical; risky.
  • Piercing; keen; severe; painful.
  • Eager or keen in pursuit; impatient for gratification.
  • (obsolete) Fierce; ardent; fiery; violent; impetuous.
  • Composed of hard, angular grains; gritty.
  • (phonetics, dated) Uttered in a whisper, or with the breath alone; aspirated; unvoiced.
  • (obsolete) Hungry.

adverb

  • To a point or edge; piercingly; eagerly; sharply.
  • (not comparable) Exactly.
  • (music) In a higher pitch than is correct or desirable.
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Examples of "sharp" in Sentences

  • The man has a sharp insight.
  • The sharp end excoriated the cloth.
  • The sharp teeth was rarefied with stone.
  • Something raked me with the sharp thing.
  • The sound of chops is sharp and percussive.
  • It has a piquant, but not very sharp taste.
  • She was uncharacteristically sharp with him.
  • The sharp teeth of the animal is raptorical.
  • Poke them with a sharp stick if they remonstrate
  • Forewarned, Sharpe is able to thwart the turncoat.

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